Coin delivery chute



June 10, 1958 A. R. BUCHHOLZ 2,838,151

COIN DELIVERY CHUTE Filed Jan. 24, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I VENTOR.

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United States Patent COIN DELIVERY CHUTE Arnold R. Buchholz, Watertown, Wis., assignor to Brandt Automatic Cashier Company, Watertown, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application January 24, 1955, Serial No. 483,527 3 Claims. (Cl. 193-6) The invention relates to coin handling machines and more particularly to a coin delivery chute for such machines.

The usual coin delivery chutes are made in fixed lengths as, for example, that shown in U. S. Patent No. 2,163,082, dated June 20, 1939, to E. J. Brandt. It is impractical to stock a great number of different length chutes, and some users because of machine location need longer chutes than others. The object of the present invention is to improve upon the structure of the above mentioned patent by making a chute which is extensible. According to the present invention not only is the chute extensible, but it is rigidly held in any position of length- Wise adjustment by an extensible supporting means.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a delivery chute embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the chute;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the fixed section of the chute, parts being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation view of the fixed section of the chute, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 5 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of the extensible section of the chute without the cup; parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 7 is a detailed composite vertical sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6 and line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the fixed section of the chute includes a supporting or hanger plate 8 adapted to be mounted at the delivery opening of the coin handling machine, a cover member 9, and a bracket 10 secured thereto. While the term fixed section has been used, it is to be noted that this means fixed as to length as this section has a chute structure that is capable of angular adjustment relative to the base plate 8. This chute structure includes a trough or runway formed by a base member 11 and side plates 12 of flexible met-a1 whose inner ends project through and beyond the supporting plate in operative association with the discharge chute structure in the machine itself as shown, for example, in said patent and in dotted line herein in Fig. 3 to permit the bending of said plates 12 to different angular positions.

The base member 11 has a trough bottom member 13 formed integral therewith or secured thereto by rivets 14 to form the bottom of the trough 15, and it has a head portion 16 carrying a radially serrated disk 17 that cooperates with the radially serrated top 18 of the bracket 10 to hold the base member 11 in different positions of angular adjustment when a pivot bolt 19 anchored to the head portion 16 and extending through an axial hole (not shown in detail) in the bracket 10 is clamped to 2,838,151 Patented June 10, 1958 said bracket by the lock washer 20 and a wing nut 21 in threaded engagement with the bolt. Member 11 also has a supporting member or rail 22 spaced below the trough bottom member 13 and provided on its bottom with lengthwise extending guide recesses 23. The trough side plates 12 are secured in proper spaced relation relative to the trough plate 13 by plates 24, screw bolts 25 connecting each plate 12 to its associated plate 24, and machine screws 26 connecting each plate 24 to a side of the member 11.

The extensible chute section includes a casting formed as a cup 27 and an approximately tangentially curved chute portion 28, and a chute section formed of a trough bottom member 29 and side plates 30 secured to the sides of said member 29 at spaced intervals by machine screws 31. The side plates 30 are preferably of sheet metal stiller than the plates 12. The cup and end chute casting are secured to the reinforced (double plate) front end of the side plates 30 by machine screws 32. The side plates 30 have inturned lengthwise extending flanges 33 adapted to slidably engage the guide recesses 23 in the rail 22 While the bottom 34 of trough member 29 rides on the top of the rail 22. The height of the trough, formed by the member 29, is such that it slidably engages the bottom of the fixed trough bottom member 13 and its width such that the side plates 12 slidably engage the inner sides of the side plates 30 as indicated in Fig. 7.

With the above construction the extensible trough section may be moved to different positions of lengthwise adjustment relative to the trough of the fixed section, the coin trough sections themselves being slidably or telescopically arranged relative to each other, and the bottom section of the extension trough section is at the same time moved lengthwise of the rail 22, and when the cup 27 is in the desired position, the two sections are locked in their lengthwise adjusted position by one or more set screws 35 in threaded engagement with the rail 22 and turnable into clamping engagement with the bottom of the trough bottom member 29.

Fig. 1 shows in dotted the relative range of engthwise adjustment of the chute sections though it will be understood that in some instances this range may be extended so that the cup positions required in practice may be satisfied with one or two standard extensible chute models.

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except insofar as such limitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a coin delivery chute for coin handling machines, the combination of a chute including a bottom trough member and flexible side plates, means for hanging said chute at the coin delivery opening of the machine, a chute including a bottom trough member and side plates adapted to telescopically engage the trough member and the side plates of the first named chute, a coin dispensing cup mounted at the outer end of the second named chute, telescopically engageable supporting means for said chutes including a supporting rail on the first named chute extending parallel to and spaced from its bottom trough member, and means for lengthwise adjustably locking the parts of said supporting means together.

2. In a coin delivery chute for coin handling machines, the combination of a chute including a bottom trough member and flexible side plates, means for hanging said chute at the coin delivery opening of the machine, a chute including a bottom trough member and side plates adapted to telescopically engage the trough member and side plates of the first named chute, a coin dispensing cup mounted at the outer end of said second named chute,

telescopically engageable supporting means for said chutes disposed below the same including a supporting rail on the first named chute extending parallel to and spaced below its bottom trough member, and means for lengthwise adjustably locking the parts of said supporting means together.

3. In a coin delivery chute for coin handling machines, the combination of a chute including a bottom trough member and flexible side plates, means for hanging said chute at the coin delivery opening of the machine, a chute including a bottom trough member and side plates adapted to telescopically engage the trough member and side plates of the first named chute, a coin dispensing cup mounted at the outer end of the second named chute, the side plates of the second named chute depending below the bottom of its trough member and having References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 37,291 Haradon Jan. 6, 1863 244,054 Harp M July 12, 1881 1,033,492 Thompson July 23, 1912 1,484,891 Klein Feb. 26, 1924 2,311,732 Buchholz et al Feb. 23, 1943 

